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Torch Morning News you can use 8-4:
Wind energy could help Iowa meet new pollution rules established by the EPA. Janet McCabe of the agency says the Clean Power Plan requires states to start cutting back on carbon pollution by 32 percen...
Aug 04, 2015
Polk City votes on bond
Polk City voters decide today in a bond referendum whether to fund an aquatic center, soccer fields and baseball diamonds. Knapp Properties is ready to donate the land in return for the city's commitm...
Aug 04, 2015
Group turns in petition to Governor Branstad over mental health hospitals
Local substance abuse counselors Aubreeanna Dolan (left) and Nicole Haines turn in more than 5,000 signatures, asking Governor Branstad to keep remaining two mental hospitals open.Local leaders in the...
Jul 30, 2015
Chinese billionaire’s wife no longer faces seed theft charges
Trade secret-stealing charges against the wife of a Chinese billionaire's wife have been dismissed in a Des Moines court this week. Mo Yun, her brother and five other Chinese nationals were accused of...
Jul 30, 2015
Torch Afternoon News 7-29: Senator Ernst urges defunding of Planned Parenthood, Rally planned for mental hospitals, IDOT looking at I-235 changes
Senator Joni ErnstSenator Joni Ernst and fellow Senate Republicans are urging members of both parties to support a bill that would defund Planned Parenthood. Ernst said during a press conference on th...
Jul 29, 2015
Torch Morning News you can use 7-29:
Today is Day 2 of the bird flu summit in downtown Des Moines. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack told poultry producers, state officials and businessmen they have a bird flu vaccine that works on chickens, and ...
Jul 29, 2015
Tax Free holiday next week
The dates for Iowa's annual tax free holiday for back to school shopping have been set...families can start shopping tax-free on August 7th and 8th...they'll get discounts on everything from school su...
Jul 29, 2015
Torch Afternoon News 7-28: Vilsack talks bird flu vaccine, Next Gen leader visits DMACC, Branstad not supportive of Des Moines Water Works lawsuit
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack discusses the bird flu at a conference in Des Moines.(photo by Sarah Beckman)There could be a 100 percent effective bird flu vaccine coming to Iowa poultry prod...
Jul 28, 2015
Governor Branstad latest GOP’er to call out Donald Trump
As the month of Donald Trump’s continuous wheel of outspoken remarks winds down, Governor Branstad is putting his two-cents worth on the GOP presidential candidate.“"I don't think he's goi...
Jul 28, 2015
Torch Morning News you can use 7-28:
Poultry industry officials and government researchers will gather today and tomorrow in Des Moines to discuss next steps if the bird flu virus returns this fall or next spring. The virus resulted in t...
Jul 28, 2015
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